#C8B562#C8B562

#C8B562 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 77.2% C 0.106 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C8B562
RGB	rgb(200, 181, 98)
HSL	hsl(49, 48%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(49, 51%, 78%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.5%, 51%, 21.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.68, -4.07, 44.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.68, 44.58, 95.24°)
OKLab	oklab(77.18% -0.0125 0.1054)
OKLCH	oklch(77.18% 0.106 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(42.5493, 46.2106, 18.2312)
Luminance	0.4621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C8B562 #6275C8

analogous

#C88262 #C8B562 #A8C862

triadic

#C8B562 #62C8B5 #B562C8

tetradic

#C8B562 #62C882 #6275C8 #C862A8

square

#C8B562 #62C882 #6275C8 #C862A8

split-complementary

#C8B562 #62A8C8 #8262C8

monochromatic

#82722E #AF9A3D #C8B562 #D8CA8F #E8E0BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#C8B562 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#C8B562 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C8B562

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C8B562	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C8B562	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C4B15B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#C9B865

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D5AAA2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c8b562;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(200, 181, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(77.2% 0.106 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbcb90',
    500: '#c8b562',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c8b562;
$custom-light: #dbcb90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c8b562",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 200,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.824,
    "s": 48.113,
    "l": 58.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.77175,
    "c": 0.10617,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C8B562

secondary

#AFB6D7

accent

#69D850

background

#FDFCF9

surface

#FBF8F1

border

#D4D1CB

text

#15130D

muted

#83827E

Preview Lab

Preview with #C8B562

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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